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Health & Beauty WHY GO ABROAD FOR SURGERY? OPEN UP ANY CONSUMER LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OR SUPPLEMENT THESE DAYS AND YOU WILL BE SURE TO FIND, SOMEWHERE IN IT, A REFERENCE, STORY OR ADVERT ABOUT COSMETIC SURGERY ABROAD. WE NOW HAVE DEDICATED MAGAZINES AND WEBSITES THAT ARE BRIMMING WITH CLINICS ABROAD IN CYPRUS, SPAIN, BUDAPEST, MALTA, TUNISIA AND PRAGUE, TO NAME A FEW. SO WHAT IS THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF SURGERY ABROAD?
It would appear that price is a main factor, some people really want to have procedures but the prices quoted at UK and London clinics and hospitals are just a bit too pricey for some people’s budgets. With a full cosmetic dental make-over with crowns, veneers and implants costing up to £25,000 in the UK versus around £9,000 in somewhere like Budapest. Another factor is of course the holiday or bit of a ‘break’ that can be had by going abroad. Any downtime, bruising, redness, stitches or swelling can be hidden and people can recuperate where they are unknown and not have to worry about going to work, hiding at home or rushing about doing everyday chores. The considerations are the after care and reviews, once the patient has returned home and if there are any major difficulties or problems that need to be rectified by going abroad again, which can be costly and inconvenient. Lots of surgery abroad is very successful and the trend is growing. So what would be the ideal? What if you could have a complete
smile make-over starting from £3,500 or a dental implant from £1,000? The Tracey Bell Super Clinic will offer a total spectrum of services from the specialist consultants on her team. From cosmetic dental surgery to cosmetic face and body surgery, top visiting consultants will be able to carry out consultations in the UK and Isle of Man and offer the surgery in the beautiful Isle of Man. They will carry out procedures such as Breast surgery, Rhinoplasty, Eye bag surgery, Skin tag operations, Smart Lipo and also specialist hand surgery for arthritic conditions. The full compliment of combination non-surgical treatments will be available with the Tracey Bell advanced aesthetic practitioners such as chemical peels, laser skin resurfacing, fillers and Botox® as well as the ground breaking new SlimScription™ weight loss and body shaping program. This is all offered in the beautiful surrounding of the Tracey Bell Super Clinic in Isle of Man with fabulous residential packages for people to hop on board the Cosmetic Express and reinvent themselves in a modern 21st Century Beauty Boot camp way. The money spent abroad in Europe in Euros is now practically equal to the pound, so with a post operative and post treatment network system set up for Isle of Man and UK, the patient care and after service will be second to none. With competitive flights over to the Isle of Man and little more than 45 minutes flying time, the journey couldn't be easier. The clients can stay in beautiful residential apartments with post operative care on hand and also enjoy the Island. If they are coming for SlimScription™ they can stay and have a full induction on to the program, meet other like- minded people, have the body shaping treatment and use the fitness gym to really get them in to the program. If they wish, they could stay for up to a month and go back home looking and feeling, quite different! Also there will be an opportunity for some clients for whom full priced treatments or surgery may be slightly out of budget to subscribe to the training academy client list to have procedures done, by doctors, dentists and practitioners who are on the Centre of Excellence Training Academy program to learn new procedures. This is of course fully supervised and monitored by Tracey Bell and the Specialist team, who have had advanced training and already perform training workshops. Tracey herself already speaks for the BDA, carries out trials for product manufacturers and holds workshops and seminars for other professional, she has educational videos on information websites and portals and her centre of excellence educational program at the Super Clinic is sure to be very sought after. So it's good news all round really, why go abroad for surgery when you can hop over to the Isle of Man. Tracey Bell Super Clinic is due to open September 2009.